Andiamo community hoping and praying for Joan Rivers

In this Jan. 19, 2012, file photo, Joan Rivers attends a screening of the Season 2 premiere of WE TV’s “Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?” in New York. Rivers remains hospitalized after suffering a cardiac arrest in a doctor’s office in New York City last week. AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File

The Andiamo Celebrity Showroom community is praying for the recovery for legendary comedienne Joan Rivers, who is scheduled to perform in Warren this fall.

“Like the rest of the country, we are all hoping and praying for her,” Joe Vicari, president and CEO of the Andiamo Restaurant Group, said Sunday.

The 81-year-old comic and fashion commentator was reported to have been placed on life support over the weekend as she remains hospitalized three days after going into cardiac arrest at a New York City doctor’s office.

Family and friends kept a vigil at a Manhattan hospital as Rivers initially was placed in a medically inducted coma.

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Media reports state she was taken to Mount Sinai on Thursday after she stopped breathing during an otherwise routine visit to the doctor for a throat procedure. It’s unclear how long she went without oxygen.

Her daughter Melissa Rivers said in a statement Sunday that “we are keeping our fingers crossed.” She’s thanking people for expressing their support, according to an Associated Press report. No additional updates were available on Sunday.

Rivers has appeared more than a half dozen times over the past decade at Andiamo Celebrity Showroom, according to Vicari. She was booked to do two shows on Friday, Nov. 15, and both likely would have been sold out, he said.

“Offstage, she is surprisingly accommodating with our staff and customers,” Vicari said. “She’s a very humble and nice person, nothing at all like she is onstage doing her act.”

One of her most loyal fans in southeast Michigan is Warren Mayor James Fouts, who has seen her show on several occasions and met her backstage.

“She makes you laugh so hard with her rapid-fire delivery, I could hardly keep the food in my mouth,” said Fouts in a cellphone interview while he was on his evening jog. “When we met her backstage, she was quiet and demure, just a sweetheart of a lady.